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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hendon 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE V.
| MONTH | No. of Accidents | ADULTS | CHILDREN | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Seriously Injured | Slightly Injured | Killed | Seriously Injured | Slightly Injured | |||
| January | 67 | 1 | 9 | 58 | - | 1 | 8 | 77 |
| February | 77 | 1 | 16 | 65 | - | 1 | 14 | 97 |
| March | 61 | 1 | 18 | 53 | - | 2 | 12 | 86 |
| April | 82 | - | 20 | 84 | - | 3 | 15 | 122 |
| May | 104 | 6 | 5 | 99 | - | 1 | 24 | 135 |
| June | 97 | 1 | 18 | 93 | - | 1 | 14 | 127 |
| July | 94 | - | 13 | 88 | - | 1 | 13 | 115 |
| August | 89 | 3 | 20 | 79 | - | 3 | 11 | 116 |
| September | 79 | 2 | 6 | 70 | - | 3 | 18 | 99 |
| October | 114 | 2 | 28 | 91 | - | 3 | 21 | 145 |
| November | 112 | 3 | 38 | 105 | - | 1 | 9 | 156 |
| December | 113 | 1 | 38 | 105 | - | 2 | 9 | 155 |
| TOTALS: | 1,089 | 21 | 229 | 990 | - | 22 | 168 | 1,430 |
TABLE VI.
CLASSES OF ROAD USER KILLED OR INJURED DURING 1958.
| Month | Pedestrians | Motor Drivers | Motor Cyclists | Pillion Passengers | Pedal Cyclists | Other Road Users | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | Killed | Serious | Slight | |
| January | - | 2 | 9 | - | - | 19 | - | 4 | 12 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| February | - | 3 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 17 | - | 1 | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | - | 8 | 28 |
| March | - | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 18 | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 12 | - | 5 | 17 |
| April | - | 5 | 12 | - | 3 | 19 | - | 7 | 21 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | 10 | - | 7 | 32 |
| May | 5 | 3 | 14 | - | 1 | 22 | - | 1 | 26 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 35 | - | 1 | 20 |
| June | 1 | 4 | 19 | - | 6 | 19 | - | 4 | 22 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 24 | - | 3 | 19 |
| July | - | 1 | 14 | - | 2 | 15 | - | 4 | 28 | • | 2 | 7 | - | 1 | 18 | - | 4 | 19 |
| August | 1 | 4 | 9 | - | 6 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 21 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| September | 1 | 2 | 15 | - | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | 16 | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | 13 | - | 3 | 27 |
| October | 2 | 7 | 23 | - | 8 | 17 | - | 10 | 24 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 23 | - | 4 | 22 |
| November | - | 5 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 26 | l | 13 | 21 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 10 | - | 9 | 37 |
| December | - | 6 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 10 | 18 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 8 | - | 9 | 33 | |
| TOTALS | 10 | 47 | 164 | 5 | 54 | 245 | 3 | 64 | 229 | - | 10 | 44 | 1 | 19 | 184 | 2 | 57 | 292 |